 | James Alton James, Albert Hart Sanford - United States - 1909 - 602 pages
...had notable leaders. "What right," exclaimed Patrick Henry, "had they to say, We the people? . . . Who authorized them to speak the language of We the people, instead of, We the States?" He was seconded in his opposition by Mason and Richard Henry Lee. But the influence of Washington,... | |
 | American literature - 1909 - 746 pages
...man who saved us by his valor." "What right," he continued, "had they to say, We, the people? * * * Who authorized them to speak the language of We, the people, instead of We, the states?" He said of the constitution that he "saw poison under its wings"; that it "squinted toward monarchy";... | |
 | David Kemper Watson - Constitutional history - 1910 - 960 pages
...for those gentlemen; but, sir, give me leave to demand, what right had they to say, tee, the peoplef My political curiosity, exclusive of my anxious solicitude...ask, who authorized them to speak the language of, tee, the people, instead of, lofty and pure, and the enumerated purposes, the noblest to which a government... | |
 | Albert Elias Maltby - Pennsylvania - 1910 - 536 pages
...not a compact between sovereign States, but a National Government. Speaking of the preamble he said: "Who authorized them to speak the language of ' We the people,' instead of ' We the States '?" Madison, Marshall, Randolph, and others answered these objections effectively. After long continued... | |
 | Grenville Kleiser - Culture - 1911 - 408 pages
...for those gentlemen; but, sir, give me leave to demand what right had they to say, "We, the People?" My political curiosity, exclusive of my anxious solicitude...welfare, leads me to ask who authorized them to speak the Ianguage of "We, the People," instead of "We, the States "T States are the characteristics and the... | |
 | Grenville Kleiser - Culture - 1911 - 412 pages
...anxious solicitude for the public welfare, leads me to ask who authorized them to speak the Ianguage of "We, the People," instead of "We, the States"? States are the characteristics and the soul of a confederation. If the States be not the agents of this compact, it must be one great consolidated... | |
 | Robert William McLaughlin - Biography & Autobiography - 1912 - 324 pages
...for those gentlemen ; but, sir, give me leave to demand, what right had they to say, We, the People? My political curiosity, exclusive of my anxious solicitude for the public welfare, leads me to ask, who authorised them to speak the language of We, the People, instead of, We the States ?" ' In support... | |
 | Raleigh C. Minor - Political science - 1913 - 212 pages
...for those gentlemen; but, sir, give me leave to demand, what right had they to say, 'we, the people'? My political curiosity, exclusive of my anxious solicitude...States' ? States are the characteristics and the soul of a Confederation! If the States be not the agents of this compact, it must be one great, consolidated,... | |
 | Marion Mills Miller - Civil rights - 1913 - 488 pages
...for those gentlemen, but, sir, give me leave to demand what right had they to say we, the people f My political curiosity, exclusive of my anxious solicitude...States? States are the characteristics and the soul of a confederation. If the States be not the agents of this compact, it must be one great consolidated... | |
 | Roland Greene Usher - History - 1914 - 440 pages
...of Virginia felt that the Constitution sacrificed all that the Revolution had been fought to win.11 "Who authorized them to speak the language of We the People, instead of We the States?" cried Henry.12 "I stumble at the threshold," declared Samuel Adams, "I meet with a national government... | |
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My political curiosity, exclusive of my anxious solicitude for the public welfare, leads me to ask, who authorized them to speak the language of, " We, the People," instead of We, the States? States are the characteristics, and the soul of a confederation.... 
